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foraging efficiency

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EKI terminibaas Esterm

ID 737956 Last modified 16.02.2021
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Domain Agriculture - Food Industry - Livestock Industry - Fisheries
  • arvuline suhe (džaulides) sööda otsimisele kulunud (bruto) energia ja söödast saadava (metaboliseeruva) energia hulga vahel
  • the ratio of energy gained over energy expended during foraging
  • the ratio of metabolizable energy gained while foraging to the energy used while foraging
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foraging efficiency
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  • British researchers found that “vigilant” individuals interrupt their meals to look around their environment, reducing what scientists refer to as their foraging efficiency.
  • Since the late twentieth century, the study of foraging behavior has been guided by optimal foraging theory, a body of mathematical models specifying how animals should behave so as to maximize foraging efficiency.

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